Is there a boat ramp at Port Gregory?

No. Port Gregory has no formal boat ramp, and its service jetty is silted up and listed by the Department of Transport as inaccessible to vessels — small boats launch from the firm sand. A 4WD is sensible and the launch line through the reef passage should be checked on a calm morning before committing. The nearest formal ramp is at Kalbarri; Horrocks has a beach launch rather than a built ramp.

Can I fish the Pink Lake?

No. Hutt Lagoon is a hypersaline algal salt lake and a working salt operation — the pink colour comes from a carotenoid-producing algae, not a fish-holding water body. It is a tourism photo stop and a private salt lease, not a fishery. The fishing is the ocean side.

Does the West Coast demersal closure apply here?

Yes, but only to boats. Port Gregory sits in the West Coast Bioregion, where boat-based recreational fishing for demersal scalefish — pink snapper, dhufish and the wider mixed bag — is closed until spring 2027. Land-based fishing off the jetty and the beaches is exempt and stays open with a 2-fish mixed demersal bag; land-based spearfishing for dhufish is the one shore prohibition. Verify current DPIRD rules before targeting demersals from the inshore reef or further out.

Are there jewfish (mulloway) at Port Gregory?

Yes. Mulloway are year-round at Port Gregory, with the autumn shoulder producing the best night sessions. Fish the deeper gutters on the beach north of town after dark with whole mulies or live herring on a 6/0 running-sinker rig; the foreshore jetty also sees the occasional small mulloway through the night.

What does the reef do for the fishing?

The fringing reef breaks the prevailing south-west swell and leaves the inside lagoon fishable on days that wash out Horrocks and the open mid-coast beaches. It also concentrates bait inside the reef line, which is why the foreshore jetty and the inside beach fish consistently for the bread-and-butter species.

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📍 Port Gregory (Harbour / Foreshore Jetty / North & South Beaches)

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Weather: Cloudy Wind: SW 222° · 14 km/h Swell: 1.1 m @ 10 s SW Water: 20.6 °C Pressure: 1017.8 hPa ↓ falling Faces south-west · Offshore: N, NE, E · Onshore: S, SW, W · Forecast wind: onshore

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High Fish Activity

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At the day's peak · 5:30 am

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Time of day Dawn

Tide Moving

Wind E 5 km/h

Moon first quarter all day

Water temp 20.6 °C all day

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Activity Forecast

Day timeline

Major Minor Tide Twilight

First light 5:21 am Last light 6:56 pm

Low 9:42 am High 12:30 pm

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Feeding Windows

Best times to fish based on activity score.

Peak

4:30 am → 7:00 am

2h 30m

Good

5:00 pm → 8:00 pm

Good

9:30 am → 11:00 am

1h 30m

First light

5:21 am

Last light

6:56 pm

Sunrise

5:44 am

Sunset

6:32 pm

Moonrise

10:07 am

Moonset

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Low tide

9:42 am

High tide

12:30 pm

Hourly Wind

High Bite Hours Highlighted

12am

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Hourly Swell

Steady ~1.2 m SW

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Slight

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Water Temp (°C)

↗ warming — up 0.4° over the last 3 days

Wed

14 Oct

20.2°

Thu

15 Oct

20.4°

Fri

16 Oct

20.5°

Sat

17 Oct

20.6°

Sun

18 Oct

20.5°

Mon

19 Oct

20.4°

Tue

20 Oct

20.3°

Wed

21 Oct

20.3°

Thu

22 Oct

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Fri

23 Oct

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Wind Map

Wind data (text)

Now: 14 km/h SW (222°).

Wind map data: ECMWF HRES (operational), updated every 6 hours. Not for navigation.

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Feeding Windows

Best times to fish based on activity score.

Peak

4:30 am → 7:00 am

2h 30m

Good

5:00 pm → 8:00 pm

Good

9:30 am → 11:00 am

1h 30m

First light

5:21 am

Last light

6:56 pm

Sunrise

5:44 am

Sunset

6:32 pm

Moonrise

10:07 am

Moonset

—

Low tide

9:42 am

High tide

12:30 pm

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